Tomorrow, June 25th, would have been George Michael’s 63rd Birthday,** and we want to celebrate the occasion by previewing a new movie, WHAM! 10 Days In China, which is due to be released in movie theatres worldwide on July 28th 

It’s the story of how, in 1985, WHAM became the first Western pop group to perform in China. Their concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou introduced live pop music to audiences under strict guidelines at the time, and the tour marked a pivotal cultural moment for WHAM!, expanding the band’s international profile and cementing their global reach.

Drawing on meticulously restored, newly digitized, and never-before-seen archive footage, alongside interviews with those who experienced the tour firsthand, the film revisits this historic moment through the eyes of the band, their team, and Chinese audiences encountering Western pop culture for the first time. This is the untold story of WHAM! at a singular moment in history, East meets West, pop meets politics, and two young stars are coming of age on the world stage. The film offers a fresh perspective on China at a moment of transformation, told through the band’s journey and the voices of fans experiencing pop culture in a new way.  Interestingly, this all happened some 13 years before George came out publicly as gay 

WHAM! 10 Days in China is in association with the UK’s BBC, which will broadcast it on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer later this summer, and Sony Music Vision is distributing the film in partnership with Trafalgar Releasing